The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspective

Using an international framework, Sowell analyzes how much a racial group’s economic fate is determined by the surrounding society and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world.

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Publisher's Summary

Using an international framework, Sowell analyzes how much a racial group’s economic fate is determined by the surrounding society and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world.

Where does The Economics and Politics of Race rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The content would be pretty high, but issues with the audio brought down the overall experience. I'm not sure if I would recommend this read to anyone

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

The content was very interesting and presented in a way that you would likely never hear in school.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Audio was awful and I had a lot of issues hearing every word clearly.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

This shouldn't be a film

Any additional comments?

It is always good to hear the views of both sides of a story. It was pretty enlightening to see how so much information in our modern life is framed in order to bolster the position of one side over another.

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